"Last night Isabelle was lucky enough to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Albany, and darned if he didn't play for three and a half hours," Pipino wrote in the note, which quickly went viral (the cynics amongst us believe this may have been his intention.)

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"This may not seem like a good excuse, but have you ever wondered how many kids would be late — or miss school outright — if God were to suddenly appear? It's something like that," he wrote.

Pipino has a point. At 66, Springsteen still rocks on like a dock-working youngster. It would be irresponsible parenting to pull your Bruce-loving child out of his concert before the last encore of "Thunder Road" rolled on.

We totally applaud this father for understanding that making invaluable memories with your tyke trumps her being on time for first period, even her mom didn't exactly agree.

"My wife is a schoolteacher in the district." Pipino told ABC News. "She was mortified by not knowing what her betrothed did."

"The odds of me being divorced by 5PM are 50:50," he added. "Any takers for a fat, over the hill, buck toothed, failed comedian. Ice cream is included."

No word on whether or not Pipino was actually chastised by his beloved, but luckily Valentine's Day is around the corner, so he'll have ample opportunity to make it up to her.